New year, new opportunities! Learn more about your brain.
One of my key points when helping riders work through their fears and/or confidence difficulties, is that the job of the brain is to...
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Happy Christmas!
A Christmas poem. ‘Twas the night before Christmas And all through the yard Santa was wondering- ‘When did things get so hard?’ Comet had...
Last jumping show of 2021
The 19th December was the last trip out jumping this year for Bear, to the Roscrea Equestrian Centre Christmas show. Charlie came with me...
Last plaits of 2021
At the start of December, Molly went to Greenogue for the HSI Autumn Development league 4 yr old final. It was quite exciting at the last...
Throwback!
From little apples…. I bought this wee dude as an unbroken 3yr old. Alf was a bit wayward in the early days, a real teenage boy-but he...
Molly makes the papers!
Molly finished second in the Horse Sport Ireland Autumn Development Series at JAG equestrian. Louise O’Brien took this beautiful photo,...
Banishing demons, one at a time.
Nov 21 We capped off a jolly fun jumpy weekend at the Winter Stars Tour, hosted by Roscrea Equestrian Centre. The short version is that...
Shared from The Zen Racehorse. Horses aren’t naughty!
THE FRONTAL LOBE OF THE HORSE’S BRAIN IS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT. How does this apply to schooling/training? Frontal lobes are involved in...
Horses and humans.
Most of us spend a lot of time thinking about our horses-about their likes, dislikes, what works, what doesn’t, and the most important...
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween!! The horses were fed and out went the lights, But there was something unusual about this very night. The horses felt...
Incongruent states
I quite often find myself thinking about the difference between what I know, and how I feel. I have such a mental block about certain...
The past is a foreign country.
We can apply these concepts to ourselves with our horses, as we try to upskill, overcome difficulties and move forwards. We bring SO MUCH...
Quitting to win
The world is full of incredible examples of triumph over adversity, of sacrifice and of unimaginable effort and dedication. From their...
It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is right-I hope you had the time of your life.
Please don’t die. Please. You can’t. You’re all I have. I found JJ in a crumpled heap in his stable at half past 5 in the morning. He...
Seeing a stride-dispelling the myths
‘Seeing a stride’. Never has another phrase struck fear into the hearts of equestrians quite like that one. We look on at the...
Trains of thought
The annual competitive equestrian season almost seems to have an energy all of its own-it is almost like a train that doesn’t cease until...
From the perspective of the horse.
Let’s dive straight in. Young horses can sometimes throw you a bit of a curve ball, leaving you struggling to understand what’s going on....
Mental health and depression in the equestrian industry
I write for a website called The Horse Hub, who at the moment are spotlighting the topic of mental health. It is an area that I struggle...
When to say no?
I recently read a really good article about training young horses. The author was discussing the Importance of not 'kicking the can down...
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